Machine for fluting metals.



No. 893,018. PATENT@ JLY 14, 190s, G. 0. sogowom' sa 0. I. QVERTON. Mmmm PGR FLUTING METALS.

APPLICATION IILE'D JULYVIO, 1907.

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. ,A et mlQLQf a wp .ing member 'thetfis luci-5.5,y Beltknowatllatwe, 4 i fridad;,fwfh,Y I BORN and (JAEL ILOvER'roN, c i zensfsof the 'fsanie" diameter astheblock 8,1andadaptedtaf. United States, botlrfrlesiding fat Detroit, restfonvtheftopthereof.,"Thesocket l6 is ,pro-

thefcountyl of-,WayneandlStatpf Michi an, glvidedzontheupperfpartofits verticalfwall have invented ,certainlnewgand usefull,v me.' with. ajs'cr'ies -Qf.'.verti'cally'disposed'ribs vorNQ- l,prov-,einents in Machinesvfor FhitingMeitalsj flutingirieinbersfi?,thatarepreferably formed,

of which the following isa,speciiicatlon'I 'e A integral with 'theblock l'fandlaresg ,disposed The, invention,` relatesin'general tQfaV-Iiiaf-j 'astobringtheacesfofthejrlbs 12 in, sub' -10 chine. fer fiutingmetnatui repeating; more; 'jstantal vertical- Talinemeht with th'ejlower, i

. ,especallyfo flirting annlrlbQssLfOrme 1 nrsiv Petirioffthe 'Wallaf il rupee' a Canfora .grease cup or the'llke, as Well, whereby? again-,Shaped blank fflf "hereinrcn, ,i l,

lea( .1 1-. of substantially.-.theqy as amaclnnetha't forms-the'annular .boss stituting a cap for a greasejcup, .11s adapted '20 betref; gripping:'Strabane'. annular bees( has" )vided with 'estrae =or vertaal grooves; ret rt i been:L 'preyirl'eri with 'ye'rtieal y grkfvesfgeom? .register with the ribs? '12,' to fallow the' mincir-7 5 rnonly knownasziiutesfthat were fornie'dby f jtoislidhe withlfthfsocketfg"` y l* l .1f aSecondindependent-steprfrom- ,theforma- @Havingr esquiar/ dil ya iOuS'r'artSO/f" i tion of the boss,vancl` itfconsistsr'generally in our linventi'n thepeiatio 'iaf'sf'lfollmv'f cutting groovesinfthe inetal.` A; cupshaped-' ,blankA 413,' 4ons't'if tiltingft e The primary object of our invenlti v, tliereI -covej'rjv offa grealsefcip',fis iii-st placed `Witl l fore, is'to provideamachinejwherebyftheantheannul'arfseat lthe"botto'1111""015 thie'ciflp'be Y y ,y nular boss and the 'flutes' Ythereon"areformed irigpresentedlto tlie'pface ofth'e punch whel'ei,l f" ln'one operation. by, upon av downward movement' of the. In the acconpanying drawing', Figure 1 is i punch, the. metal is forced andspread `lat'e1.

an elevation partly in vertical section of a die ally in the socket 6", betnv'een the ribs 12,185 and punch, constituting our invention; Fic-r. thereby forming in the head of the cap the 2 is avertical section 'of the die member liu'tes or vertical grooves 17, as well .as form the-punch removed and a cup-shaped blank ing the annular boss 18 byjreason of the fact within the die, taken on line 2,2'oflFig-. 3, that the metal is crowded in between the 'Figr is a top lan view of the die with the vertical ribs, and at the same time is pcr- 90 punch remove( and Fig. 4 is a. perspective initted to laterally ex and Within the socket elevation ofa finished cap for a grease cup. 6. -After the punch 'ias been 4operated itis Referring now more specifically to the 'diicult to remove the cap thus formedfrom 40 drawing,-the die consists of. a block 5`pr0-T the die, and therefore the-stripper orejector -vded with a recess or socket 16, to receive a' 10 -has'been provided, that is connected with '9.5-. unch, and adapted to rest upon a suitable suitable means for operating the same, and

hase 7 and to be secured thereto;v The upper i is capable of .having a.vertica l movement portion of the socket 6 'is of slightly greater whereby .the head 11 of the "stripper 1s diameter than the lower ortion thereof,- brought'in contact with the under side of the' thereby forming an annularv edge or shoulder top'of the cap and thereby, forces the same v100 6Il between said portions. Secured lto the from the die. l l lbase 7, herein shown by means of a threaded n It not tobe understoodl mat the 1n'v enengagerner'it, is an annulariblock 8 adapted tion `1s llmlted to the precise construction to lit within the'socket 6 in the block '5, but sho-Wn, as it might operate e ually well if the y of lssdiameter than the socket 6 so as -to vertical grooves in the pu'n'c were'omltte'd, 10

leave an annular seat, herein shown at 9. and it is not thought necessary here to show ,Through the vertical blockS` an aperture is the meansfor operating'the punch, nor for formed, and slidably mounted within it is the operating -the stripper.- I't 1s4 also evldent fhfthe facesfoffithe ff, v

f that the die maT be -formedin various other l Ways', 'and therefore Withoutv confining ourselves to the specic details` of construction,

We claim:`

In a machine of the character described,

the combination with a die member adapted 'to receive a--cup-shaped blank, of a punch member, and `means on said .die member-for.' forming an annular boss on sai-d cup-shapedA blank, and'for -fluting the outer edge -of said .annular boss, substantially as described.

a l2. In a 'machine ofthe character described,` v 'combination with a die. ember adapted "-jtoqreceivea cup-,shaped blan and having' an annular ledge vor shoulder and a seriesof `ver' 'tical'..ribs above. said ledge, of `a punch mem- 'ber ..for forcing said'cupshaped blank Within l said' die, whereby an'annular boss-is formed Y on "said cup-shaped blank, and vertical grooves are formed in saidlannular boss, substantiallvas described.

A 3. In a machine of the character described, the combination'. Witha die member adapted.

.to receive a cup-shaped blank andhaving an .annular ledge or shoulder and a series of vertical. ribs above-saidledge, of a punch mem-,

ber `'cooperating With said die member Wherebv'an annular yboss is'formedon said lcupshaped' blank. and lutes are formed on said annular boss, and means for stripping said lcupfsha ed'blank from said die. member, substantial y as described. A

4. In `a'ma'chine ofthe character described,

' the combination'with a die member provided with a ysocket 'of differentdiameters toI re,-

ceive a punch member,4 and an annular groove toreceive a cup-shaped.blank,.of a sieries'of ribs arranged within the socket on. the larger diameter of saidfdiememb'er, and a punch member adapted to coperate lWith saidd'ie member ,whereby said blank'is forced Within said die to form a'n annular boss thereo'n at oneend and a series of. -utes onsaid annular boss, and means for'stripping saidl cup-shaped blank from saiddie, substantially as described.

5. In a machine of the character described,

the combination 4with, a die member provided With a socket'of 'dierent diameters having a series of vertical ribs arranged thereinon the .wall of-larger diameter, and a block within said `socket forming. an annular seat to receive a cup-shaped blankof a stri ping -member slid'ably mounted'inl said bloc i and provided with' a head of substantially the ysame diameter as sa'id block, a punch inember adapted to coperate'with saiddie and .having fa series of vertical grooves thereonregistering with said ribs v vherebv the bottom of said cup-shaped-blank is forced later- 'ally` Within said socket to forman annular boss thereon and a .seriesof flutes on sald an- 

